Bourne Shell

DEFINITION: The Bourne shell is the original UNIX shell (command execution program, often called a command interpreter) that was developed at AT&amp;T. Named for its developer, Stephen Bourne, the Bourne shell is also known by its program name, sh. The shell prompt (character displayed to indicate readiness for input) used is the $ symbol. The Bourne shell family includes the Bourne, Korn shell, bash, and zsh
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